Blogs: Posts from our people

Another day, another flood:...
07 Apr 2022
This article originally appeared in The Conversation on 7 April 2022. By Celeste Young and Prof Roger JonesSydney is bracing for...
Celeste Young
Disaster recovery and wellbeing
29 Mar 2022
Irrespective of taking on a volunteer or paid role, working in disaster recovery has the potential to pose risks to our wellbeing...
Dr Fiona Jennings
Completed PhD student
A new set of priorities to guide...
08 Oct 2021
It’s not often that you have the opportunity to contribute to a set of research priorities across any sector, but that is what we...
Dr John Bates
Dr John Bates
Research Director
Developing our research priorities...
30 Sep 2021
The first few months for us at Natural Hazards Research Australia have seen plenty happening, although not all the activities...
Dr Richard Thornton
Chief Executive Officer
Amplifying Indigenous cultural...
29 Sep 2021
The priority for producing the Cultural burning in southern Australia illustrated booklet and poster series was to amplify...
Jessica Weir
Dr Jessica Weir
Researcher
What Victoria's earthquake...
27 Sep 2021
This article was first published on Pursuit. Read the original article. By Dr Tharaka Gunawardena, Prof Priyan Mendis and Prof...
Priyan Mendis
Researcher
We are underway – one month into...
23 Aug 2021
Welcome to Natural Hazards Research Australia, the new national research centre for natural hazards resilience and disaster risk...
Dr Richard Thornton
Chief Executive Officer
Bound to predict
05 Aug 2021
This article was originally published by the Society for Cultural Anthropology as part of the ‘Firestorm: critical approaches to...
Timothy Neale
Dr Timothy Neale
Researcher
Welcome to Natural Hazards...
01 Jul 2021
Today marks the beginning of a new era of natural hazards research in Australia. The Australian Government has announced the...
Dr Richard Thornton
Chief Executive Officer
It can’t all be insured: counting...
18 May 2021
This article originally appeared in The Conversation on 18 May 2021. The Australian government’s latest budget has committed A$...
Mehmet Ulubasoglu
Prof Mehmet Ulubasoglu
Researcher
‘We know our community better than...
29 Apr 2021
This article originally appeared in The Conversation on 29 April 2021. By Celeste Young and Roger Jones. Overcoming the odds is...
Celeste Young
Floodplains aren’t separate to a...
05 Apr 2021
This article originally appeared in The Conversation on 5 April 2021. By Dr Melissa Parsons and Prof Martin Thoms. Dramatic...
Melissa Parsons
Dr Melissa Parsons
Researcher
A staggering 1.8 million hectares...
30 Mar 2021
This article originally appeared in The Conversation on 30 March 2021. By Ross Bradstock, Hamish Clarke, Luke Collins, Michael...
Ross Bradstock
Prof Ross Bradstock
Researcher
Flood planning benefits from multi...
25 Mar 2021
Australians hardly needed another reminder of the power of nature and yet we were given one with an extreme weather event in the...
Dr Richard Thornton
Chief Executive Officer
Why do people try to drive through...
22 Mar 2021
This article originally appeared in The Conversation on 22 March 2021. By Garry Stevens, Mel Taylor and Spyros Schismenos.New...
Dr Mel Taylor
Researcher
New research framework needs your...
26 Feb 2021
The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC is currently circulating an important document amongst its partners, as well as the broader...
Dr Richard Thornton
Chief Executive Officer